Best College Courses
 Golf
Digest ranked
the Orchards Golf Club on Mount Holyoke’s
campus the second-best
college course in the country, behind Oklahoma State’s
Karsten Creek course. The 6,473-yard, par-71 course, designed
by famed architect Donald J. Ross, was the site of the 2004
U.S. Women’s
Open Championship.
The
course was built in 1922 by Holyoke industrialist Joseph Skinner
for his daughter, and the College bought the course
in 1941 for
$25,000.
Golf
Digest used criteria including shot values, design variety,
and ambience to evaluate the courses.
Mount
Holyoke was also ranked in the top 25 schools for golf by Golf
Digest in the “Academics
First” category, which
most heavily weights each school’s academics, followed
by golf performance, climate, coaches, and facilities.
On
the Web:
The
Orchards Golf Club
Golf
Digest Article
2004
U.S. Women's Open Championship
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